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templar007
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Pledge::  Sailing forward on my 1/700 WWII fleets.  More Carriers and Cruisers.  I did procure a UBoot and Gato in 1/700.  I still need to find my bookmarked location of an IJN submarine model and see if I can find a model of a British submarine.  I’ve not done much research on what the Brits were sailing under the oceans at that time.

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Questions of the Week::

1) Having finished a big project (army, terrain or table): How do you feel?

Answer:: Really SMUG!

2)The final stretch: towards the end of a project does it get easier or more annoying?

Answer::  I get edgy, nervous, and judgemental.   Did I do enough, Did I make the right choices, Was the right amount of research done before starting?  Should I have started it differently?  In the end, I’m generally pleased with myself.  I don’t do projects to please others although I do like to take on a project sometimes that others are doing as well.  It’s good to be in a group thing sometimes.  But it’s usually a project that I’ve been thinking of doing anyway.  My end results are just for me.

The short answer would be “I start criticizing my work”.  (probably why I’ve not published any video projects yet as well)

3) How to store that 42 cm x 62 cm piece of a chunker? Seriously, how can I put that away safely?

Answer::  I take a trip to the local Hobby Lobby, Dollar Store, or Sporting Goods shop in search of a cheap plastic box that has adjustable dividers in it to hold the “chunker” and any other pieces that will go with it.  Sometimes I’ll make a wooden box and stain, varnish, or wax it to look nice if it’s a relatively important piece.  I have put some beneath glass bells that are set on wooden bases as display pieces.  It just depends.

For my 1/700 Napoleonic-era ships {standing and running rigging}, I started with wooden display boxes that the front glass swings open.  But those cost $40 a piece when on sale and I have to store the entire British Fleet from Trafalgar and the Franco-Spanish Fleet as well.  So I’ve had to rethink that one.  I believe I have a workable plan but only time will tell.

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